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Letter: Sliding passengers

Published 9 August 2006

From Tom Holmes

I liked the article about Einsteinian aeroplane boarding (29 July, p 42). Another solution might be to remove the fuselage from around the seats. Passengers could then walk directly to their seat without having to go down any aisles or doors. The practical version of this would be to have all the seats and lockers on a “tray” that could slide out of the nose (or tail) of the aeroplane. Passengers could get to their seats from any direction in an open departure lounge – and everyone would not “board” at once – they would just find their seat as they arrived at the lounge. When everyone was seated you would slide them back into the plane.

Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK

Issue no. 2564 published 12 August 2006

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